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Albert Kretschmer and Dr. Carl Rohrbach. The Costumes of All Nations from the earliest times to the Nineteenth Century:...
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Albert Kretschmer and Dr. Carl Rohrbach. The Costumes of All Nations from the earliest times to the Nineteenth Century: Exhibiting the Dresses and Habits of All Classes, Regal, Ecclesiastical, Noble, Military, Judicial, and Civil. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1882.Large quarto. Chromolithograph title and 104 full-page chromolithographic plates.
Rebound in patterned heavy paper, with hand-lettered label on spine. Binding cracking and worn in places. Endpapers stained from glue, and hinges reinforced with white Fabrikoid book tape. Title page and preliminary leaves including the first couple of plates reinforced on the back around the edges. Ink stamp of Ware Costumer, in Boston Mass. Inner hinge splitting at title, general soiling and edgewear, including to a few plates. At least one plate with an edge tear that just enters the image area, but most plates clean and bright.
Auction Info
2008 October Grand Format Rare Books Auction #684 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
October, 2008
16th-18th
Thursday-Saturday
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